Shopping Takes Up Three Years Of An Average Woman's Life: Study

A OnePoll survey of 2,000 women showed that 63-year-old woman will spend three years of her life shopping, the Daily Mail reports. Each year, women spend 100 hours and 48 minutes in fashion and beauty stores. And add that to the 94 hours and 55 minutes the average woman passes in the grocery store. Then there's the 49 hours' worth of window shopping, 40 hours trying on shoes (shouldn't this be lumped into fashion?), 36 hours picking out gifts, 31 hours browsing books, 29 hours checking out accessories, and 17 hours getting toiletries.

A spokesman for OnePoll said, "'Many men seem to think women only shop when they are buying clothes for themselves. But they quite often shop for the entire family and that can be incredibly hard work." We couldn't agree more!

Comments

[Uproar]

10:04 AM on 04/09/2010

Only 8?

[GeeBee]

07:31 PM on 04/08/2010

I assume that figure is just an average. Last time I went to the mall with my wife it seemed like an eternity.

[Debbie338]

06:18 PM on 04/08/2010

I bet I haven't spent 100 hours shopping total in my whole life (except for groceries). I loathe shopping with a white-hot passion. This sure ain't me.

[KristaPeck]

04:29 PM on 04/08/2010

I would have guessed more, too. No idea why ;)

[Niasia]

03:17 PM on 04/08/2010

Not mine, I may be one of the FEW women who really hates shopping. I like to have an outfit in mind and go get it and get the heck out of dodge. I mean how many times do you have to canvass a store to find what you need. My mom and sister hate for me to tag along with them as I alaways get cranky and ready to go.

[JonShank]

12:34 PM on 04/08/2010

The only surprise is that it's not more...